GEOGRAPHY: Georgia is a mountainous country. The
Northern geographical boundaries run along the Great Caucasian Range, which includes the
Main Caucasian Range, and its other chains stretch to the South. The Southern boundary
coincides with the mountainous system of the Minor Caucasus, including the Meskheti -
Trialeti volcanic plateau. Between the Great and Minor Caucasus plains are located. The
Western part of the country is washed by the Black Sea. (40o - 47o
E., 41o - 44o N).

LANGUAGE: The official language is Georgian, the
only language in the Ibera Caucasian family written in ancient script, with its own unique
alphabet. Russian, Ossetian and Abkhazian are also spoken.